BILL NUMBER: SCR 36	CHAPTERED  09/21/99

	RESOLUTION CHAPTER   127
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   SEPTEMBER 21, 1999
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY   AUGUST 31, 1999
	ADOPTED IN SENATE   JULY 8, 1999

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Speier

                        JUNE 1, 1999

   Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 36--Relative to the CHP Officer
Hugo Olazar Memorial Highway.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SCR 36, Speier.  CHP Officer Hugo Olazar Memorial Highway.
   This measure would designate that portion of northbound Interstate
280 from the San Jose Avenue/Sickles Avenue onramp to the San Jose
Avenue overcrossing to the memory of California Highway Patrol
Officer Hugo Olazar.  The measure also would request the Department
of Transportation to determine the cost for appropriate signs showing
this special designation and, upon receiving donations from nonstate
sources covering that cost, to erect those signs.




   WHEREAS, Officer Hugo Olazar of the Department of the California
Highway Patrol made the ultimate sacrifice while protecting and
serving the people of California on September 2, 1989; and
   WHEREAS, While Officer Olazar and his partner, Officer Javier
Rocha, were investigating a solo vehicle traffic collision on the
right shoulder of northbound Interstate 280 south of the San Jose
Avenue overcrossing, their patrol car was hit by a drunk driver whose
vehicle was traveling at a high rate of speed; and
   WHEREAS, The impact caused the patrol car to buckle, jamming the
doors shut; and
   WHEREAS, The patrol car then burst into flames, trapping both
officers inside; and
   WHEREAS, Officer Rocha, who was able to escape the burning vehicle
by shooting out a side window, tried to pull his unconscious partner
out, but was driven away by intense flames; and
   WHEREAS, Officer Rocha sustained second- and third-degree burns
and Officer Olazar tragically died at the scene; and
   WHEREAS, Officer Olazar was born in Cordova, Argentina, on April
8, 1954, became a uniformed officer for the City of Pacifica in 1979,
and later became a uniformed officer of the Department of the
California Highway Patrol in December of 1982; and
   WHEREAS, Officer Olazar was originally assigned to the San
Francisco area from the California Highway Patrol Academy.  He later
transferred to the Redwood City area and then returned to the San
Francisco area; and
   WHEREAS, Officer Olazar left behind his wife, Denise, daughter,
Ashley, his parents, Jose and Carmen, and many other beloved family
members; and
   WHEREAS, Officer Olazar was known for his dedication to the
citizens of the State of California and to the Department of the
California Highway Patrol; and
   WHEREAS, It is appropriate that the portion of northbound
Interstate 280 from the San Jose/Sickles Avenue onramp to the San
Jose Avenue overcrossing be dedicated to the memory of Officer Hugo
Olazar who made the ultimate sacrifice in his service to the people
of California; now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Senate of the State of California, the Assembly
thereof concurring, That the Legislature hereby dedicates the portion
of northbound Interstate 280 from the San Jose/Sickles Avenue onramp
to the San Jose Avenue overcrossing to the memory of California
Highway Patrol Officer Hugo Olazar; and be it further
   Resolved, That the portion of northbound Interstate 280 shall be
known as the CHP Officer Hugo Olazar Memorial Highway; and be it
further
   Resolved, That the Department of Transportation is requested to
determine the cost of erecting the appropriate plaques and markers,
consistent with the signing requirements for the state highway
system, showing the special designation, and upon receiving donations
from nonstate sources covering the cost, to erect those plaques and
markers; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of this
resolution to the Department of Transportation and to the author for
appropriate distribution.
